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What do you like most about Juniper Contrail Networking?
Top Answer: 
After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of… more »
What needs improvement with Juniper Contrail Networking?
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Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with… more »
What is your primary use case for Juniper Contrail Networking?
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We used Contrail to build a private cloud infrastructure inside our lab for a POC. If everything had been successful, it would have been transferred to my company's customers, but the POC was not… more »
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3rd
out of 20 in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
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2,845
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2,374
Reviews
1
Average Words per Review
505
Rating
6.0
9th
out of 20 in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
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1,049
Comparisons
565
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0
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0
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Contrail Networking
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Overview
Juniper Contrail Networking is a simple, open, and agile cloud network automation product that implements an SDN architecture. With its scale-out microservices architecture, Contrail orchestrate virtual network overlays at the performance and scale of even the most dynamic and large clouds. Contrail Networking is equipped with always-on advanced analytics capabilities to provide deep insights into application and infrastructure performance for better visualization, easier diagnostics, rich reporting, custom application development, and machine automation. It also supports integration with other analytics platforms like Juniper Networks AppFormix and streaming analytics through technologies like Apache Kafka and its API.

The Megaport SDN offers enterprises secure, dedicated connections enabling multicloud connectivity to any carrier or service provider on our ecosystem within minutes from any Megaport location. Megaport provides real-time control via its API enabled portal to order and scale services on the fly.

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Sample Customers
Lithium Technologies, Orange Business Services, Cloudwatt, Symantec, Cloud Dynamics, CloudSeeds
Aon, News Corp Australia, Fujitsu, NEC, Virgin Australia, Zettagrid, JB Hi-Fi, blueAPACHE, CloudLogix, Data Solutions Group, Spectrum Networks, Virtutel, Cloudscene, G-Core Labs, Servers Australia
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Comms Service Provider47%
Computer Software Company20%
Retailer6%
Financial Services Firm3%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Comms Service Provider28%
Computer Software Company19%
Educational Organization7%
Financial Services Firm6%

Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Megaport is ranked 9th in Software Defined Networking (SDN). Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 6.0, while Megaport is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "It's stable enough in a lab, but the setup is complex, and support is insufficient". On the other hand, Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware NSX, Tungsten Fabric, VMware SD-WAN and Versa FlexVNF, whereas Megaport is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Masergy and VMware NSX.

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